Can You Identify This Butterfly?

I need help identifying this butterfly. It was found on the grounds of the Highland Presbyterian Mission a State Historic Site near Highland, Kansas, US on July 26, 2010. The photos on the web for White Admirals and/or Red Spotted Purples sometimes show an insect very similar to this one but sometimes they show something quite different. Can anyone help?

Prairie Windpumps and Use of Layers in Photoshop CS5

A recent posting on new layer effects in Photoshop CS5 got me thinking. I have been trying to get the 'perfect picture' of a windpump (yes I know it's a bit weird). On Monday I took quite a good one near Highland in Kansas. Here is the original on the left. At least its on the left in the original blog - sometimes the order of images is changed in RSS feeds - in which case it's the one with the blue sky. The sky is pretty impressive. This went through various alterations in Photoshop ending with the image on the right. The complete sequence of images with some explanation of what I did can be seen here.

Views of the New Kansas City I 35 Bridge

This new album contains a series of photos of progress in constructing the new bridge as well as two interesting and dramatic shots of the barge-mounted crane and the suspension details. Prints are available by contacting me at photos@johngirtphotography.com or through the links on my web site.

For further information on the Bridge go to www.kcicon.org/index.html